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Percentage of 1,300 employers surveyed who currently offer health benefits and said they would "definitely or probably" drop their employer-sponsored insurance policies in favor of subsidized-exchange policies in 2014, when many of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act will go into effect. [via McKinsey Quarterly]
Subconscious serving-size markers may help people break the fattening pattern of mindless munching.
Long-acting contraceptives like IUDs and implants, which eliminate the potential for human error, are far more effective than more commonly used methods like the Pill, patch and vaginal ring.
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
